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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Madonna clothing, lyrics to hit auction block Agence France-Presse
LOS ANGELES - Madonna memorabilia including nude photographs of the Queen of Pop will go on sale in November at an auction that will also include some of her most famous outfits and some of her lyrics. The Marilyn Monroe-inspired gown and jewelry that Madonna donned in her 1984 “Material Girl” music video will also be up for grabs, Beverly Hills-based Julien’s Auctions said Tuesday. Highest bidders will also be able to take home some of the many awards won by Madonna, as well as handwritten notes on concert choreography
and working lyrics. The personal and professional collection includes a day planner from 1988 in which Madonna jotted down notes on everything from dates with her then-husband Sean Penn to an appearance on “Late Night with David Letterman.” More risque are negatives and prints of nude photographs taken of the diva for Penthouse magazine. Fans could even snap up Madonna’s 1972 junior high school yearbook and signed checks, as well as a document related to her separation from Penn. Outfits Madonna wore in movies
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such as “Evita,” “A League of Their Own” and “The Next Best Thing” will also be on offer. With price estimates ranging from $600 to $40,000, the auction will take place on November 7 and 8 over the course of four sessions. The public will be able to get a glimpse of the collection November 3-7. Madonna, 56, has sold over 300 million records over the course of her career and is one of the most powerful artists in the world, according to Forbes.
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Anna Nicole Smith’s estate loses bid for millions Associated Press
SANTA ANA — The estate of Anna Nicole Smith has failed in its final bid to obtain her late husband’s money, seven years after the death of the Playboy model and reality TV star. A federal judge on Monday rejected the effort to obtain about $44 million from the estate of Texas billionaire J. Howard
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Marshall, whom Smith married in 1994 when he was 89 and she was 26. The oil tycoon died the next year. His will left his $1.6 billion estate to his son and nothing to Smith. Smith, under her real name of Vickie Lynn Marshall, challenged the will, claiming that her husband promised to leave her more than $300 million above the cash and gifts showered on her during their 14-month marriage. A Houston jury said Marshall was mentally fit and under no undue pressure when he wrote the will. Over the course of nearly 20 years, the Texas bankruptcy court and local and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, all rejected Smith’s various attempts to overturn Marshall’s will and trust and to obtain money from his estate. The efforts continued even after Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in February 2007. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter denied a request from Smith’s estate to sanction the estate of Marshall’s son, E. Pierce Marshall. “Time spent litigating the relationship between Vickie Lynn and J. Howard has extended for nearly five times the length of their relationship and nearly twenty times the length of their marriage. It is neither reasonable nor practical to go forward,” the judge said in his ruling. He noted that it was the last surviving piece of decades of litigation. “The American taxpayer has supported the burden of this litigation for many years, and it is time for this suit to no longer ‘drag its weary length before the Court,’” Carter concluded, quoting a Supreme Court decision in the case that itself quoted Charles Dickens’ “Bleak House.” An email message for Howard K. Stern, the executor of Smith’s estate, was not immediately returned Tuesday. G. Eric Brunstad Jr., attorney for the Marshall family, said in a statement that the family agreed with the judge that it was time to stop the litigation.
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People passed the e-money advertising board in Jakarta. BI continues to promote transactions by using e-money or electronic money to suppress the circulation of fake money.
To lessen circulation of fake banknotes
BI seriously works on e-money Bali Post
DENPASAR - Representative office of Bank Indonesia (BI) for Region III Bali-Nusra continues to promote transactions by using e-money or electronic money to suppress the circulation of fake money. In the past two months, namely April to May 2014, the number of fake banknotes reached 579 sheets. This amount is experiencing a surge from 265 sheets in April to 314 sheets in May. “They are just the detected amount. It excludes the amount that has not been detected by banks and police. We have confidence if the real amount is more than this. On that account, BI is seriously
working on the electronic money,” said Chief of Representative Office of Bank Indonesia for Region III Bali-Nusra, Benny Siswanto, in Denpasar, recently. He said that his party encour-
aged the public to use electronic money as an alternative to the use of banknotes and coins especially for a small fraction. “With the e-money, people are no need to carry cash. Simply take out the card to perform the transaction,” he said. Benny hoped that banks continued to actively intensify the dissemination of e-money in Bali. He claimed the e-money on the Island of the Gods had just been used for ticket payment when passing the Bali toll road. “At this time, the electronic money is issued by some banks, such as BRI, Mandiri and
BCA,” he concluded. The use of electronic money, according to Benny Siswanto, had many advantages. Among them, people could make transactions just by using the card, so that they were not bothered anymore to carry money physically. This lifestyle was better known as the less cash society (LCS). “LCS is all financial transactions or payments using electronic money to replace cash transactions. This method is also intended to avoid the risk of counterfeit money,” he said.
To lessen the circulation of counterfeit money in Bali, Benny Siswanto also continued to provide socialization on the characteristics of the authenticity of rupiahs to community, including cashiers. In the effort to maintain the quality of banknotes in circulation to public and maintain the money supply in a decent condition, Bank Indonesia for Region III sustainably destroyed the damaged or worn banknotes. Such an effort was undertaken to offset a variety of policies in order to encourage people to treat banknotes more wisely. (kmb27)